Stimpson v. Monmouth Mutual Fire Insurance
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Assumpsit on a policy of insurance against loss by fire on buildings in Windsor. The policy, dated September 13, 1854, was in favor of. Joseph Marson, and for the term of four years, and was assigned by him to the plaintiff, Nov. 7, 1855, and the assignment ratified by the directors of the defendant company, Nov. 16, 1855. The plaintiff introduced a deed from Marson to himself, dated Oct 10, 1855, but executed and delivered on the day of the assignment of the policy.
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Assumpsit on a policy of insurance against loss by fire on buildings in Windsor. The policy, dated September 13, 1854, was in favor of. Joseph Marson, and for the term of four years, and was assigned by him to the plaintiff, Nov. 7, 1855, and the assignment ratified by the directors of the defendant company, Nov. 16, 1855. The plaintiff introduced a deed from Marson to himself, dated Oct 10, 1855, but executed and delivered on the day of the assignment of the policy. The buildings were burned October 22, 1857. Thomas C. Davis, called by the plaintiff, testified that he had been the agent' of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was drawn up by
Goodenow, J.
This is an action of assumpsit, founded on a policy of insurance, made by the defendants to one Joseph Marson, dated September 13, 1854, for four years, and assigned by said Marson to the plaintiff, Nov. 7, 1855, which assignment was duly assented to, ratified and confirmed by the defendants, Nov. 16, 1855, by receiving of the plaintiff a new premium note, agreeably to their by-laws. Joseph Marson conveyed the buildings insured, with the land on which they stood, to the plaintiff, on the same day that he assigned the policy. The deed bears…
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